Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy will launch the Rs 2 per kg rice scheme in the state at Jadcherla town in Mahaboobnagar District. Source: Zee News : States | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:17 am
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today said the Indian government should first target containing inflation rather than focus on growth.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an interactive Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
British credit card bank Capital One has announced plans to axe 750 jobs as part of its move to shift more operations to India and other low-cost countries.Srini Gopalan, head of its UK office Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:54 am
Dabur Pharma has signed an agreement with Thailand's government pharmaceutical organisation (GPO) for the generic versions of its anti- cancer products.The company said the initiative will Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
A consortium of four steel companies from Bangladesh has signed a deal with India's Essar Group to set up hot-rolled steel plant, reports said here today.S Alam, PHP, KDS and Abul Khair signed Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has signed a joint venture agreement with Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA) to take 40 per cent stake in the San Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:07 am
Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao has been appointed venture advisor by US-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Founded in 1978, NEA has approximately $8.5 billion in committed capital Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:50 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra urged his "beloved countrymen" on Wednesday to vote in a historic election almost certain to lead to the abolition of the monarchy.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - High food prices and shortages will continue in the near term, making some poorer countries vulnerable to food riots, Jacques Diouf, director general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, said on Wednesday.
Autodesk, the design software and digital solutions company, and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a first-of-its-kind integrated Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:10 am
UPS shares fell $3.06, or 4.2 percent, to $70.25 in electronic after-hours trading Tuesday. They had fallen 47 cents to $73.31 in the regular session before the announcement.UPS did not update its ful... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:07 am
Islamabad, Apr.9 : India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora will arrive here on April 21 for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Muhammad Asif. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
Srinagar, Apr 9 : Peoples' Democratic Party's (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has sought a reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir. Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
Etisalat, the second-largest Arab telecoms company by market value, said last week it had talks with India's Spice Communications and others about possibly making an investment to enter the Indian tel... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:48 am
) , a Denver-based developer and owner of distribution facilities, said Wednesday it has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Indian real estate developer, K Raheja Corp., to create modern warehouses i... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:45 am
The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on VAT will submit a report relating to the broad framework of goods and service tax (GST) to the finance ministry by the month end.Finance Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:38 am
Communist Party of India (CPI), the original communist party of India, is in urgent need of women leaders.Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, the newly-appointed deputy general secretary of CPI Source: Business Standard | News Now | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:38 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Protesters angered over China's crackdown in Tibet marched in San Francisco ahead of the Olympic torch's arrival on Wednesday, but Olympics chief Jacques Rogge said there are no plans to cut short a global relay.
DHAKA (Reuters Life!) - Mohammad Raju ran away from his poor family in Bangladesh's southern Khulna district eight years ago, hoping for a better life in the capital, Dhaka.
KANPUR, India (Reuters) - A confident South Africa will push to clinch an Asian treble against an Indian team under siege in the third and final test starting on Friday.
The Assam police and the Indian Central Reserve Police Force seized explosives meant for the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) near the Bhutan border on Tuesday, according to The Hindu Wed... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:56 am
Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre plans to shed its communal tag and woo voters from all religions, the probable list of candidates for the forthcoming Karnataka polls doesn't include a... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:55 am
The call to examine the usefulness of PILs came from a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran. The judges, however, appeared to disagree with the strident criticism... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:47 am
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have granted minority status to Sikh populations, with a view to extending benefits to the community under the Prime Minister's new 15-point programme for minor... Source: India News latest RSS headlines - India's News.Net | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:47 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank approved financing for a $4.2 billion coal-fired power plant in India on Tuesday despite calls by environmental groups to wait for further analysis of the costs and environmental impact.
Director Shoaib Mansoor feels his 'Khuda Kay Liye', which is the first Pakistani film to have a commercial release in India, has resonance in every country with a sizeable Muslim population. And he urges non-Muslims to watch it. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:32 am
Goa's traditional liquor feni needs more than just tipsy tourists to keep it going. The popular drink is facing challenges on its home turf even as an effort has been initiated to seek Geographical Indication (GI) for it. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:30 am
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Actor Richard Gere, who until recently faced obscenity charges in India for publicly kissing Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, called his troubles on Tuesday "a badge of courage."
Within hours of winning the state award for best direction for his film Adayangal, noted Malayalam movie man M.G. Sasi was admitted to a private hospital's intensive care unit in Thrissur, 290 km north of here, late Tuesday night, family sources said. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 1:30 am
ZHUONI, China (Reuters) - Across China's mountainous west, armed troops watch over the Tibetan monasteries and towns that have emerged as hotbeds of protest kindled by traditions of defiance and newer economic grievances.
Highly skilled Indian workers in the UK on Tuesday won a landmark judgement when the High Court ruled that it was "not open" to the government altering the terms and conditions of an old scheme under which thousands of such employees came to Britain. Upholding the revision petition filed by the HSMP Forum against retrospective changes effected to HSMP in November 2006, the HC in its judgement said: "The old scheme constituted an integrated and entire programme." Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
The Indo-German naval exercises
commenced this morning with three German warships and two
Indian naval vessels participating in it. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
Already hit by shortage of officers, the armed forces are facing a sudden spurt in exodus of senior ranks, apparently not satisfied with the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. A total of 107 Army, Navy and Air Force officers have put in their papers seeking premature exit in the last fortnight. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
With the armed forces and IPS officers voicing their unhappiness over the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, the government on Tuesday set up a high-level committee to look into their grievances. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
India is ready to release more
than 100 Pakistanis lodged in prisons here unilaterally,
Pakistani human rights campaigner Ansar Burney said on Tuesday. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
Member of Parliament and Muslim League leader from Kerala, PV Abdul Wahab, was on Tuesday asked to de-board from an Indian Airlines flight bound for Dubai after the pilot refused to fly because the MP boarded late. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
A gold-encrusted dagger belonging to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is expected to fetch 500,000 pounds when auctioned at Bonhams on Thursday. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
Five activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested on Tuesday from Chanchoda town in the district, police said. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
It was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who wanted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi as a minister in his office – a move that he thought would be an apprenticeship for the ruling party`s `future Prime Minister`. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
Shiv Sena on Tuesday demanded in Lok Sabha that legislation should be made to make it mandatory for all outsiders to carry an identity proof with them in Mumbai. Source: Zee News : India National | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
KOCHI: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said the payment of aid to farmers who suffered crop loss in last month’s out-of-season rain will be completed in a couple of days. He told mediapersons here on Tuesday that the ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Thiruvananthapuram: Irked at the ‘rude’ behaviour of an Indian Airlines pilot towards him, Rajya Sabha Member P.V. Abdul Wahab said he would take up the issue with the Privileges Committee of Parliament. ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
JAIPUR: The good old ship of the desert is soon going to be the milk van of the desert with Rajasthan taking up the marketing of camel milk. The Rajasthan Dairy Cooperative Federation has made a new beginning towards marketing camel ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Guwahati: The Assam police and the Central Reserve Police Force on Tuesday seized explosives meant for the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) near the Bhutan border. At least 30 grenades and detonators fitted with time ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai: CBI on Tuesday conducted raids on the premises of the builders, Hiranandani brothers, who have been accused of “evasion” of employees’ provident fund. — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Both sides note their desire to become members of the U.N. Security Council and agree to discuss the issue more intensively in future Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Ahmedabad: The Kutch police have left for Mumbai and Bangalore to deliver bailable warrants issued against actor Aamir Khan and four others for filming chinkaras in his movie ‘Lagaan.’ — ... Source: The Hindu - Front Page | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
"The APDRP scheme now awaits cabinet approval. The Rs 50,000 crore scheme is going to be sanctioned very soon in its new 'avatar'," Ramesh said. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:10 pm
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) may go for a study of listers' profile before further relaxing the regulations on Indian depository receipts. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:08 pm
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday launched volatility index, a tool available in developed markets, to help investors in judging market risks better. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:07 pm
Listing of initial public offerings in seven days from the book closure of a public issue -- or T+7 in regulatory language -- is likely to become a reality soon. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:05 pm
If the Reserve Bank of India needed any more reasons (besides high inflation) to hike interest rates, it can look to Tuesday's numbers of the daily liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:04 pm
Thane-based Emco Ltd, India's third-largest transformer company, has decided to add one more product to its portfolio. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:50 pm
With the market in a see-saw mode for the best part of the last three months, gentlemen in the market seem to have taken solace in the gentlemen's game. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:48 pm
US-based outsourcing firm Integreon, which has a presence in India, is on the lookout for acquisitions here. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:42 pm
If you reside on SV Road between Bandra and Dahisar, or take this road regularly, brace yourself for a rough ride this monsoon too Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:41 pm
With slums in Maharashtra accounting for an average 30 per cent of its population, the scramble for prime land is making the state government walk the talk on its slum redevelopment scheme. Source: Daily News & Analysis | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:40 pm
In a twist to the murder of city-based businessman Arun Gupta, Delhi Police Tuesday detained a woman who was allegedly into an intimate relationship with him. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:01 pm
Culture Minister M.A. Baby announced Tuesday that the cash component of the State Film Awards would be 'appropriately increased' and the demeaning term 'second best actor' would be replaced with 'best supporting actor' next year onwards. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:01 pm
Upset with the state government's failure to supply regular electricity, at least 25 panchayats or village bodies in Haryana's Ambala district have issued an order to villagers not to pay power bills. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:01 pm
One of Asia's largest perishable goods markets, Koyambedu, located on the western suburbs of Chennai, remained closed Tuesday as merchants held protests against Karnataka's opposition to the Hogenekkal drinking water project. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
Days after several Indian Army officers put in their papers and Indian Police Service officials met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to express their unhappiness over the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, the government Tuesday set up a high level committee to look into their grievances. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
South Indian actress Shreya Saran was allegedly molested by an employee of a Hindu monastery during a visit to the famed Tirupati temple. The actress slapped the man and handed him over to her security guards. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Fruit and vegetable prices, up a fifth in the last one month and adding to rising inflation, are likely to climb further in the next three months on restricted supply, traders said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a public meeting at Parade Grounds opposite to the historic Red Fort here Tuesday to pay its obeisance to the freedom fighters of the First War of Indian Independence in 1857. Source: India eNews: Top Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 5:03 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A gas leak killed two people on Tuesday at a heavy water plant run by Pakistan's atomic energy agency in central Punjab province, a spokesman for the agency said.
